Several states have embraced an approach that leans heavily on phonics — relying on letter and rhyming sounds to read words.

Legislators are expected to reduce this year's proposed Permanent Fund dividend in order to resolve a looming deficit.

Medicaid typically does not offer help finding work, and when states do try to help, such efforts are limited.

The dark money restrictions were proposed as amendments to a bill that would restrict donations directly to candidates and ...

A bill passed Monday by the Alaska House seeks to implement an upcoming ballot measure two years ahead of time.

Ed Flanagan writes in a commentary that House Bill 161 runs counter to the clear intent expressed by the voters in passing an initiative.

Melissa Kearney, an economist who specializes in families and fertility, said there could be a link between homebuilding and ...

The signs are intended to raise make the public more aware that alcohol consumption increases risks of certain types of ...

A technical error will force a Senate revote before the state House gets to vote on the education funding boost and send it ...

There is a growing need to address Alaska’s domestic energy shortfall, writes economist Brett Watson in a commentary for The ...

Statistics show dramatic declines in cigarette smoking and high interest in quitting those habits, but some health challenges ...

A bill on big game hunting would require the Alaska Department of Commerce to expand its list of permanent executive ...